A prison in southern Alabama is on lockdown after violence erupted at the facility late Friday.

A prison in southern Alabama is on lockdown after violence erupted at the facility late Friday.

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Updated: 9:43 AM CDT Mar 13, 2016

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WEBVTT DAVENPORT REPORTS, THE STATE IS INVESTIGATING THE VIOLENCE. REPORTER: AS THE RIOT HAPPENED THAT HOUSES DEATH ROW INMATES, PEOPLE WHO LIVENERBY WERE SCARED TO DEATH. >> THAT IS A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON. THERE ARE DANGEROUS PEOPLE. >> SCARY SITUATION. REPORTER: SOME PRISONERS ASSAULTED AND STABBED THE WARDEN AND A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT HOLMAN CORRECTION ALPHA SILT. THE OFFICER TRIED TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BETWEEN INMATES WHEN HE WAS INJURED. AND THEN DAVENPORT WENT TO CHECK OUT THE AFTERMATH OF THE BLOODSHED IN THE DORM WHEN HE WAS STABBED. THEY GAINED ACCESS TO A HALLWAY AND AN INMATE STARTED A FIRE. >> THIS IS SO CLOSE TO HOME. REPORTER: THE TWO INJURED PRISON WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK. CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THOSE INVOLVED IN THE RIOT. FRED DAFFEN PORT. ANCHOR: GOVERNOR BENTLEY IS RESPONDING TO THE RIOT AND SAID A MIX OF OVERCROWDING AND UNDERSTAFFING WHICH IS DANGEROUS TO INMATES. WE MUST REDUCE OVERCROWDING AND PROVIDE FACILITIES THAT ARE SAFER AND MORE SECURE FOR BOTH INMATES AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS.

Riot breaks out in Alabama prison

A prison in southern Alabama is on lockdown after violence erupted at the facility late Friday.